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The canoe is the mode of transport in the Abau area
This site can help you to become a fluent reader in Abau. If reading Abau is difficult for you, you can start with some simple stories. If you have any questions, you can write an email to:
Hf-abau_png@sil.org (for messages less than 100 kb)
AbauProject@gmail.com (not always available)
Arjen_lock@sil.org (for language and education questions)
The Abau people living along the Sepik River in the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea are proud to have their own website in English and Abau. This site gives you information about Abau language development, especially about community supported Abau Schools that run a three year curriculum for children to learn to read and write in their own language.
We have our own Abau schoolbooks and Abau to English curriculum, a Training Centre, a translation of the New Testament, a film in the Abau language and much more.
The section on Abau Schools explains how our community supported schools are run. It tells the history and the rationale behind the set-up of these local schools for village children in the age of 6 to 8.
Supervision challenges for Abau Schools
In the nineties, John Yauha and Andrew Arie were the supervisors for the community supported Abau schools, locally know as Tok Ples Prep Schools (TPPS). The two supervisors visitied the schools regularly and at the end of each school year they administered a reading and writing test for all attending school children.
The Abau villages are spread over a large area and that is a logistical challenge. The only way to reach these remote villages is by outboard motor canoe. It is very important for the Abau Literacy Program to have its own canoe and outboard motor to ensure regular visits to the currently 26 locations and to do the yearly school tests.
John Yauha and Andrew Arie leaving for a supervisor visit (1994)
